cognitive
/ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.11 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.
adj
Example Sentences
- "Recent findings in cognitive neuroscience are also beginning to unravel how the body perceives magnitudes through sensory-motor systems. Variations in size, speed, quantity and duration, are registered in the brain by electro-chemical changes in neurons. The neurons that respond to these different magnitudes share a common neural network. In a survey of this research, cognitive neuroscientists Domenica Bueti and Vincent Walsh tell us that the brain does not treat temporal perception, spatial perception and perceived quantity as different."
- "In the modern analysis of ideas it is generally accepted that the ideological content must be distinguished from the cognitive value, that the functional genetic conditioning of thought is one thing and its scientific legitimacy another."
- "Wanux "white man," cognitive with Aben. awanoch, now used for "Canadian Frenchman";"
- "Abenaki awanoch, the cognitive of Penobscot awenoch, means Frenchman,"
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cognitīvus, from Latin cognitus, perfect passive participle of cognōscō (“to get to know”) + -īvus (adjective suffix).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵneh₃-, cognitīvus, cognitus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/
- British English: /ˈkɒɡ.nɪ.tɪv/